By: Laura Soukkavong –
Tewksbury – Police arrest Trenton Touch, 18, after officers found a revolver-style handgun and ammunition during a search of his Grasshopper Lane home on Monday, Oct. 26, according to Tewksbury Police Chief Ryan M. Columbus.
Tewksbury officers and other law enforcement personnel served a search warrant at the home around 6 a.m. investigators had obtained the warrant as part of an ongoing investigation into threats of violence posted online.
Police said Touch did not have the required firearms identification card. Officers arrested him without incident. He faces three charges involving possession of a firearm without an FID card, possession of ammunition without FID card, and improper storage of a firearm.
At Touch’s arraignment, Lowell District Court set cash bail at $50,000. If he posts bai, he must remain at home under GPS monitoring. The court also prohibited him from possessing firearms.
The charges are allegations, and Touch presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.